The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.

My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects.

The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature.

When good is near you, when you have life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way; you shall not discern the foot-prints of any other; you shall not see the face of man; you shall not hear any name; the way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new. It shall exclude example and experience.

When all shoot at one mark, the gods join in the combat.

Health and appetite impart the sweetness to sugar, bread and meat.

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.